January, 2016

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WORTH A SECOND LOOK: HANK VIRGONA

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Hundreds of talented illustrators are never mentioned in the history books on illustration. For example, Life Magazine employed an average of 25 different illustrators every week. In Life 's first 50 years, they produced over 60,000 illustrations. Yet who can remember more than a handful of their names? Many of these "forgotten" illustrators were terrible and are better forgotten, but some did excellent work.

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State of the Union, 2016

Paul Jarvis

(2019, 2018, 2017, 2016) (Not that I think I’m a president of this mailing list, or even slightly presidential—I just enjoy the routine of summarizing the year and looking forward to the next.

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Sale time in the Fifi shop

Fifi Lapin

Happy New Year rabbit lovers! Hope you all had a fabulous time over the holidays, I certainly did. To celebrate I have decided to reopen my shop with a little SALE of some of my favourite things. Hop over and have a peek. bunny kisses Fifi Lapin xxx.

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THE ART OF SPEECH BALLOONS

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Speech balloons are both the ugliest and the most efficient way of combining words and pictures. Rather than struggle to convey a message purely with images, cartoonists simply write out their message and tie it to the picture using the tail on a balloon. Speech balloons were rooted in 18th century graphics but really took off with the birth of the comic strip in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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AUSTIN BRIGGS' OPINIONS

Illustration Art

We're always hearing that artists require freedom to express their opinions. Artists need freedom to express political opinions, or to show explicit content. Artistic opinions might offer a social conscience, or point out ironies in our culture. The outrageous perspectives of underground cartoonists unsettle the status quo. This focus on the artist's opinions is why advertising art is held in such low regard: the corporate advertiser, not the artist, controls the content.